Wireline Telephony Instrument for Wirelessly Receiving and Displaying Data Messages

A wireline telephony instrument for wirelessly receiving and displaying data messages, comprising in combination:

• an integrated circuit operable to wirelessly receive a data message sent to the wireline telephony instrument;
• a display operable to display the data message received by the integrated circuit;
• and
• logic operable to route the data message received by the integrated circuit to the display,
• wherein the wireline telephony instrument receives and transmits calls via a wired network and the wireline telephony instrument does not wirelessly receive and transmit calls.

A wireline telephony instrument for wirelessly receiving and displaying data messages, comprising in combination:

• an integrated circuit operable to wirelessly receive a data message sent to the wireline telephony instrument, wherein the integrated circuit comprises a chipset selected from the group consisting of a GSM chipset, a CDMA chipset, and a combination GSM and CDMA chipset;
• a display operable to display the data message received by the integrated circuit, wherein the data message comprises data consisting of text and images;
• and
• a display driver operable to route the data message received by the integrated circuit to the display,
• wherein the wireline telephony instrument receives and transmits calls via a wired network and the wireline telephony instrument does not wirelessly receive and transmit calls.